Western Railroad Discussion > Visiting the FRC Today?....Wait A While

A tank truck overturned near Keddie in the Feather River Canyon at about 8:30 this AM. Highway 70 is closed in both directions. There is a fuel spill and the Union Pacific has been advised not to run any trains due to fear of sparking. Looks like at least several hours before the road wil be open because as of 9:12 AM the CalTrans HazMat Team is at least 2 hours away.

TJY

Gosh I hope everthign will be oK .
Here is CHP Log of incident from Susanville Office :
https://cad.chp.ca.gov
------ Daniel


Detail Information11:18 AM 45 [105] A20-014 ADVD CRESCENT TOW SHOULD HAVE TIME TO RESPOND FOR THE CEMENT MIXER10:58 AM 44 [104] 20-D1 1097 BACK OUT AT SCENE10:55 AM 43 [103] [Rotation Request Comment] 1039 CRESCENT TOW 530284623110:53 AM 42 [102] 20-L REQ NOTIFY HEAVY DUTY 1185 // 2 TANKS AND TRACTOR ALL OVERTUNED ON LEFT SIDE and EMPTY // WONT BE NEEDED UNTIL THIS AFTERNOON10:48 AM 41 [101] 20-D1 ADVD ENRT BACK TO TC SCENE W/C-S210:43 AM 40 [100] ND-C160 CONFIRMED ON AMBER AND ENRT TO OT'D BIG RIG TC10:25 AM 39 [98] A20-014 OFCR SAFETY INFO FOR UNITS BLK'G TRAFFIC E/O THE TC SCENE PCSO/REGARDING SUSP IN STABBING EARLIER TODAY POSS HEADED WB ON 70/WMA 5 8 SALT AND PEPPER HAIR/DIRTY BLU JEANS/UNK IF ON FOOT OR IN A VEH(INFO IS PER PCSO)//20-23 CPZ10:05 AM 38 [91] A20-023 CTS HAS ESTABLISHED A HARD CLOSURE AT KEDDIE10:00 AM 37 [89] 1039 CT ETA 509:52 AM 36 [83] 1039 20-L LNS 81-829:48 AM 35 [82] CORR LN 81 // TANK LINE HAS A TK COMING FRM RENO // APEX HAS A TK ENRT ETA 15, THEYRE HANDELING THE HAZMAT// ALSO ATC STAUB AND SONS TO SEE IF THEY HAVE A TK AVAIL9:41 AM 34 [79] 20-D1 ALL CIVILIAN VEHS WITHIN CLOSURE HAVE BEEN TURNED AROUND9:34 AM 33 [77] B20-041 ADVD EB TRAFFIC BACKED UP AT THE BRIDGE HAS NOW BEEN CLRD/UNITS ARE 1000FT TO THE WEST9:30 AM 32 [76] 1039 ENTAC /// NOTIFY WHEN REOPEN9:24 AM 31 [74] 1039 PLUMAS CO SCHOOL // THEYVE SENT OUT AN EMAIL9:12 AM 30 [68] ETA FOR CT HAZMAT 2 HRS PLUS9:11 AM 29 [65] A20-023 ADVD PER THE UNION PACIFIC REP/TRAIN TRAFFIC HAS BEEN STOPPED9:08 AM 28 [62] A20-014 ADVD FIRE WAS REQ'G TRAIN TRAFFIC BE STOPPED DUE TO THE HIGH PROBABILITY OF SPARKING THAT COULD OCCUR//10-39 20-239:08 AM 27 [61] 1039 UNION PAC//THEY WERE GIVEN THE OES NUMBER9:07 AM 26 [60] 1039 CT9:07 AM 25 [59] A20-023 OUT W/A UNION PACIFIC REP/HE IS INQ IF TRAIN TRAFFIC WILL NEED TO BE STOPPED IN THIS AREA9:05 AM 24 [56] PCSO CALLED ADV THAT QUINCY FIRE REQ 2 TRUCKS OF SAND FRM CT FRM THE GREENVILLE WYE SIDE//PLZ MAKE REQ9:04 AM 23 [55] 1039 PLUMAS CO HEALTH // THEY HAVE INSPECTORS ON SCENE9:04 AM 22 [54] 20-S2 REQ'G INQ W/20-L IF HE WOULD LIKE 20-S2 TO COME IN EARLY TO RESPOND TO THIS TC SCENE8:56 AM 21 [50] 1039 CT8:54 AM 20 [47] 10-39 CTS FOR CMS//CTS ALSO ADVD CTS HAZMAT PERSONNEL ARE ENRT8:53 AM 19 [46] 1039 NRC REPORT #12245968:53 AM 18 [45] A20-023 REQ CTS CHANGE CMS FOR THE GRNVL WYE SAYING THERE IS A CLOSURE8:53 AM 17 [44] 1039 CT/2708:48 AM 16 [42] A20-014 WILL ATTEMPT TO TURN CARS AROUND/VEHS ARE TOO CLOSE TO THE SCENE8:44 AM 15 [39] 10-39 38-S2/HE ADVD EITHER HE OR 38-46 WILL RESPOND TO ASSIST8:42 AM 14 [38] 1039 OES CONTROL# 18-62188:42 AM 13 [37] 10-39 20-41 WILL BE ENRT SHORTLY8:41 AM 12 [35] 1039 C-S2 // C160 ENRT8:39 AM 11 [33] 20-D1 SEMI TRUCK BLKING ALL LNS/LONG TERM CLOSURE/INQ W/20-L IF WE CAN CALLOUT OFCR LUNTEY8:39 AM 10 [32] 10-39 PCSO FOR THE FUEL CATCHES8:33 AM 9 [27] 1039 C170 WILL 1021 SGT AND ADV WHEN ENRT8:33 AM 8 [26] A20-023 DIVERTING WB TRAFFIC AT KEDDIE8:31 AM 7 [21] [Appended, 08:31:49] [1] TK EAST SIDE OF BRIDGE // SPILLING FUEL // 1125 BOTH LNS8:30 AM 6 [20] 1039 CT ADV CALL OUT8:29 AM 5 [19] 1039 KYLE KROLL FandG8:28 AM 4 [17] 1039 CT8:25 AM 3 [6] VEH STOPPED TRYING TO HELP OCC8:24 AM 2 [10] [Appended, 08:25:32] [1] OT'D TANKER TRUCK8:23 AM 1 [1] OVERTURNED SEMIUnit Information8:25 AM 21 Unit Assigned8:25 AM 20 Unit Enroute8:33 AM 19 Unit At Scene8:27 AM 18 Unit Assigned8:27 AM 17 Unit Enroute9:18 AM 16 Unit At Scene8:29 AM 15 Unit Assigned8:29 AM 14 Unit Enroute8:36 AM 13 Unit At Scene8:33 AM 12 Unit Assigned8:33 AM 11 Unit Enroute8:37 AM 10 Unit At Scene8:47 AM 9 Unit Assigned8:47 AM 8 Unit Enroute8:59 AM 7 Unit Cleared8:54 AM 6 Unit Assigned8:54 AM 5 Unit Enroute11:09 AM 4 Unit At Scene8:55 AM 3 Unit Assigned8:55 AM 2 Unit Enroute9:05 AM 1 Unit At Scene


 



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/14/18 11:37 by daniel3197.

When you only have 1 road, things like this pretty much tie the area in knots....
I'm not sure how the "cement mixer" in the CHP post fits into the overall scheme of things.

TJY

The towing company wanted to know if they had enough time to upright a cement truck while they were waiting to get access to the tank truck.

Current estimated time of road opening is 1500-1600 hours. Minor injuries to driver, who did a very effective job of blocking the highway.
BNSF Gateway Sub up the hill to the right. UP FRC main tunnels under the highway just east of this spot.
Then the trains will run "like streetcars", ha-ha.

TJY


 



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 09/14/18 13:57 by icancmp193.

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Looks like Williams Tank Lines Now that’s some great driving there!

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> Minor injuries to driver, who did
> a very effective job of blocking the highway.

Please make sure to contact the CHP with your first hand direct knowledge of exactly what happened.
 

I remember a lumber truck doing exactly the same thing on 44 in a light snow, doesn't help traffic flow
at all!

Out

jst3751 Wrote:
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> Please make sure to contact the CHP with your
> first hand direct knowledge of exactly what
> happened.

Thanks for your smart-a$$ answer, because I got this information from the Quincy CHP Facebook page where they post.

TJY
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> > Please make sure to contact the CHP with your
> > first hand direct knowledge of exactly what
> > happened.
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> Thanks for your smart-a$$ answer, because I got
> this information from the Quincy CHP Facebook page
> where they post.

Please provide a screen shot of that exact statement on their Facebook page, because I was not able to find it.

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> > > Please make sure to contact the CHP with your
> > > first hand direct knowledge of exactly what
> > > happened.
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> > Thanks for your smart-a$$ answer, because I got
> > this information from the Quincy CHP Facebook
> page
> > where they post.
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> Please provide a screen shot of that exact
> statement on their Facebook page, because I was
> not able to find it.

Update.The driver of the involved vehicle walked away with minor injuries. Sr-70 will be closed until the roadway can be cleared and cleaned up. Please avoid the area. Thank you for your patience while crews work hard to clear this incident. We will advise when we have an ETA for the roadway to be open.https://scontent-lax3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-0/s480x480/41711320_1953746791401915_5919108302809071616_n.jpg?_nc_cat=1&oh=6d362ce8c4907d5e609dab3394c4ca76&oe=5C338919



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> > > > Please make sure to contact the CHP with
> your
> > > > first hand direct knowledge of exactly what
> > > > happened.
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> > > Thanks for your smart-a$$ answer, because I
> got
> > > this information from the Quincy CHP Facebook
> > page
> > > where they post.
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> > statement on their Facebook page, because I was
> > not able to find it.
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> Update.The driver of the involved vehicle walked
> away with minor injuries. Sr-70 will be closed
> until the roadway can be cleared and cleaned up.
> Please avoid the area. Thank you for your patience
> while crews work hard to clear this incident. We
> will advise when we have an ETA for the roadway to
> be
> open.https://scontent-lax3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-0
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Will I guess I and everyone else need new glasses because I still don't see the line "who did a very effective job of blocking the highway" anywhere there, as you are so adamantly claiming.

jst3751 Wrote:
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> Will I guess I and everyone else need new glasses
> because I still don't see the line "who did a
> very effective job of blocking the highway"
> anywhere there, as you are so adamantly claiming.

What effing difference does it make? Did you look at the pic? You don't need the CHP to tell you the highway was very effictively blocked by the wreckage. It doesn't matter what the cause was or whether the driver was at fault or not, the highway is clearly blocked completely. It was the first thing I thought when I saw the pic too. There was definitely no getting around that.

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> > Will I guess I and everyone else need new
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> > because I still don't see the line "who did a
> > very effective job of blocking the highway"
> > anywhere there, as you are so adamantly
> claiming.
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> What effing difference does it make? Did you look
> at the pic? You don't need the CHP to tell you the
> highway was very effictively blocked by the
> wreckage. It doesn't matter what the cause was or
> whether the driver was at fault or not, the
> highway is clearly blocked completely. It was the
> first thing I thought when I saw the pic too.
> There was definitely no getting around that.

Because by the way that icancmp193 injected his own opinion into what he is claiming is a CHP statement, he is implying that the driver's intention was to block the highway.

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> > > because I still don't see the line "who
> did a
> > > very effective job of blocking the highway"
> > > anywhere there, as you are so adamantly
> > claiming.
> >
> > What effing difference does it make? Did you
> look
> > at the pic? You don't need the CHP to tell you
> the
> > highway was very effictively blocked by the
> > wreckage. It doesn't matter what the cause was
> or
> > whether the driver was at fault or not, the
> > highway is clearly blocked completely. It was
> the
> > first thing I thought when I saw the pic too.
> > There was definitely no getting around that.
>
> Because by the way that icancmp193 injected his
> own opinion into what he is claiming is a CHP
> statement, he is implying that the driver's
> intention was to block the highway.

You really have too much time on your hands to troll. I never claimed the "highway blocking" was a CHP statement or that it was the driver's intention. As trainjunkie pointed out, the picture showed that the blockage was very effective. And, you don't live around here in the first place and hopefully are not coming here anytime soon. Those of us who do live here have to deal with not being able to get to/from work, lack of mail and some supplies, the inability of visitors to get to actual planned events, and so on.

To ny comment on the 44 lumber truck accident, the detour meant going all the way to Westwood and over the hill to 44
on a road which was yet to be cleared. You have to appreciate that in areas with such limited access that a wreck like
this can affect a lot of people.

Out

I agree that looks like Williams Tank Lines.  From all accounts I hear, they are a nice, well-run company, and are known for taking on new tanker drivers and teaching them safe driving.

Tankers are hard to drive.  That liquid inside is constantly sloshing around, and unless the tanks are well baffled, you can get some real bad load shifts going on when braking, or entering / leaving curves.  Come into a curve a bit too fast, hit the brakes too hard, turn the wheel a bit too tight, and WHAM0! you can end up on your side like this poor fellow did.  He's super lucky he didn't die, or get roasted in a giant ball of flame.

To everyone out there:  if you see a tanker, give them all the room they need.  DON'T CUT IN FRONT OF THEM--I see this all the time because dimwits forget to read the big, overhead green signs announcing exits well over a mile in advance.  Fall in BEHIND the tanker, then exit safely.  GIVE THEM ALL THE ROOM THEY NEED.  It is such a stressful job driving fuel trucks, because simply put, you could die on any run.  Think about that, and then please show them courtesy.

Coach 
LTL truck driver

FYI road reopened 2300 hours Friday night.

TJY